Career Baggage Presentation

Got Career Baggage?

Erich 'Sumo' Switzer

Baggage - definition

1) things that encumber one's progress or development

Baggage - definition

1) things that encumber one's progress or development 2) impediments: intellectual baggage that keeps one from thinking clearly

Baggage - definition

1) things that encumber one's progress or development 2) impediments: intellectual baggage that keeps one from thinking clearly 3) the person looking back at you in the mirror

Ancient Sumoism

"He who has too much baggage, not travel far."

What's in your baggage?

Where does our baggage come from?

Baggage can start anywhere...

Graduate High School

Work

1985 - Map to SuccessRetire

What's Your Career JourneyRetire

StartWorking

● What stops have you made along the way?

● Why did you make them?● What would you do differently?

Can you believe it?https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=zLYECIjmnQs

Ancient Sumoism

"Failing is not what defines us...it is what we do after it happens that

matters!"

Where are you going?

Ancient Sumoism

"If you don't know where you are going, you won't know when you are there."

Finding your map & compass

● Develop new skills● Career Coach● Journaling● Counselor● Accountability Partner or Group

Ancient Sumoism

"If your mind can see where you are going, the rest of you will follow"